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Colcannon
(Traditional Irish Food)

½ pound Jersey Fresh white cabbage, cooked
½ pound Jersey Fresh kale, cooked 1 pound Jersey Fresh potatoes
light cream, about a cup 6 Jersey Fresh scallions, sliced thin
salt and pepper to taste butter

Boil the potatoes until tender. Drain and mash. Chop the cooked cabbage and kale, and add it to the potatoes. Mix well. In a saucepan, using low heat, add cream, sliced scallions and butter to the saudepan. Keep stirring until butter is melted and scallions are soft and transparent. Add to the cabbage, kale, and potatoes. Use salt and pepper as desired. Top it off with a pat of butter.

Contributed by: Barbara Lee Rossiter, Woodbury, NJ

Baked Cabbage Rolls

1 pound ground round or other lean beef
12 outer leaves of Jersey Fresh medium green cabbage
2 cups cooked rice 1 Jersey Fresh egg
½ Jersey Fresh medium onion, diced 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
1 - 2 TBS olive oil ½ tsp Jersey Fresh thyme
½ tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper
1 cup tomatoes, chopped and drained ¼ cup Jersey Fresh parsley, chopped
¼ cup bread crumbs 2 cups tomato sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With knife, remove core from cabbage and immerse cabbage in large pot of boiling water for 1 minute. Peel away one leaf at a time until you have removed 12 leaves from the cabbage. Remove center section of cabbage from water and bring water back to a boil. Cook the 12 leaves for 5 minutes, then place leaves in cold water. Remove 2 inches of rib from base of each cabbage leaf. Set aside. In a large bowl, add ride and egg to the ground beef. In a saucepan, sauté onion and garlic in oil over medium heat for 5 minutes or until onions are soft. Stir in thyme, salt, pepper and tomato. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley and bread crumbs. Add to ground beef mixture and mix well. Place approximately ½ cup filling in the center of each leaf. Snugly fold all edges towards center of leaf to form a roll. Place rolls into lightly oiled casserole dish. Spread tomato sauce over tolls and bake for 30 - 40 minutes or until leaves are tender.

Contributed by: Betsy Kopulsky, Mount Holly, NJ

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